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If there were no WMD, the 'other' justification for war was that "Saddam was brutal to his own people". <!-/quote-!><hr size=0></blockquote>
there were several complex 'justifications',
not just one or two simple excuses.
i think one real reason that never gets mentioned
is that the US Government felt like it had to attack another hostile muslim nation besides afghanastan
to send a message to the radical moslems everywhere, to show that the US was internationalizing the war on terror.
saddam did support terrorism,
he sent money to the families of suicide bombers
saddam did have the knowledge and the ability
to help terrorists to acquire, if not actual WMD, at least training in how to make their own.
saddam was firing on our planes on a daily basis.
saddam tried to kill bush 1.
plenty of good reasons to take him down
and send a clear message of strength to the enemy. |